A friend of Liam’s posted this picture of him standing on a roof ledge which the One Direction star has now apologised for (Picture: Twitter)

Liam Payne has issued a grovelling apology to his fans after a ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ picture of him posing on the roof of a building emerged.

The dangerous image shows Liam taking his life into his own hands and standing on the ledge of a 360ft high roof of the building where he lives on the 34th floor.

Standing in just his jeans and a shirt with the lights of London behind him, fans were rightly worried over the scary image.

A friend of his posted the snap – and has since deleted it – but not before it sparked concern among One Direction fans and Liam last night moved to apologise for his irresponsible actions, insisting he does ‘not endorse any fans trying to repeat this’.

You may have seen a photo of me today taken on top of a building. I regret being there and having a photo taken.